Apparatus for drawing cane-glass and glass tubing.



1. c. SMEDLEY.'

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING GANE GLASS ANO GLASS TUBING.

- mmedspn 3. 1918.

2 s'uzs-slmr 1 APPLICATION FILED DEC.22| IQIE.

1. c. SMEDLEYQ. 'APPARATUS EUR DRAWING CANE GL SSIUBING. L

ASS AND GL mentedsept. 3

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22. |916. E 1 ,278,046. 2 suinsfsn't n I few-am ticuler concern in this application andfis, a cutting' ositi'on Refe ioFig. 8l the therefore, not particularly and specically' right han cutter 28 is un set forth. the cutter frame, whereas he e hlnd cut- The base lcarries a motory 9, whieh'motor ter 241s pivcted thereon end hes, Xd'thl-"y 6 through a vertically disposed counter-shaft to an armm25 through which thetie 70' 10 drives the uppermost sprocket 1 1, causrod 26. When the cutter fra'm'iQ Emili ing vthe continuous operatmn of the chain outwardly outef the path of the alcehdin carrier 4. The motor' 9 drives the vertical grip rs the arm 25 "en ages u luita'b e shaft 10 through un intermediate gearing shou der on the -tie rod Q und thsfcail'sfes- 1012, and the shaft 1() drives the u per the left handl euttertobe 'drawn awa 'from 75.- sprocket 11 through" gearing 13, one. o the the stetinary cutter 23 against the "lign latterintermeshing gears bei-ng mounted on of a spri'nv T slbwn in, dotted linee in shaft 10, and the ot er on the overhanging 3 4and-.atte limit et themove'ment al late] end of the Enhaft of sprocket 11, 277 edi 16 1 Thestandard B carriesl substantially midcutter 24 and reta way its ends a bracke'tl, the l'a` tt 1 ar carryler get poqitpiigni is causedto e n" e a 116.61 0.2.1 th PWM. same-in 9116i DE o "ng independent driving andl controlling positibn o'nnectionsfor the chilling, c'ut'tin and depath f'the ascen' in f grippe ivery devices. -The bracket 15' as .'or the cane. glues' l6' 155.72 an. 4f-. f'jen Y 'naled therein a horizontally dlsp acthis return position is reached-the latch^'27 85 tuating shaft 17, and embodies a casn isv tripped, releasing-.the cutter 2i, which 16 through which passes the vertical sha t under thepjn'um f th 10. The s'haft v1'? carries on' an over-hanging 7 causes thet'wpcut mld. a beve1ed gear18.ad is. continuouly together".andideiiverie ie '2? driven inA synchrcni'smwiththe chain concan@ glngg'vguglgpigglgtg d ugh 5 ggct1qfn om 90 veyer 4 andthe vertical driving shaft 10 the' end, his' tripping mechanism by means of a ccuntershaftv 19, the 'latter ambo ies a bell crank lever `2 pivted onv having a beveled gear on itsupper end the arm 21., and la connecti rod Q9 ivobed mshin with fthe beveled gear 18 and havat one end to one arm 0 the bel 'Grtmk 30 ling on its lower end a pinion meshing with 1ever'28 anidwpivoted at the other end togthe" .95 a correspQndin Apinion on the shaft 10. The eccentric 20. The free arm of the'lever 8" horizontal sha t 17 also carries on'the ovelis adapted to engage a Shoulderoli ait hanging end 'im @Centric 20,.:'1s shown, b`erod 30 which i s-pivoted.to anar'mcf-a 1:. in'g integral wi'dththe gear 18, andl this eccrank lever, thelatqh 2 7 constituting the centric actuates Ia be1l cra-nk lever. 21 othe-rfa'nm'cfthelatter. Thefree .1'0" through' a cnectingod 22, The cuttmg the bell crank lever 28 hasl-pivoted; ther-etc dVCcS are fixed tothe bell crank 21 and, a slidingsleeve' 31 which slidsor''tlef rodA throu h the shaft 1 7 and eccentric 2 0, nre S50-and e ges-@Shoulder them for grip.'- causev -to move back and forth out of and ping thenatch 27- at the proper time -fr 40 into the path of the ascending gripping decutting the cane as helgfein"beim?e .d'e'tilfbiA lf vices 5 to .detach the cane sections( In the A suit-ahlen' ringzas 111mg, Y

Quaclenbush'and ,-Smedlev machine-above between-tliegsee ej 31 and-ia referred to these cuttingl evices 'are biased nnte; endet. i? v by a springfito the vphthnf the grippee 30511 "a downward di-lectnxi BJI .cana-ing the 4 5 undfare mov'cd'out of the pathcf-the nsccndhitch 27 tongage tha' qu ing 'grip'pereby the ri. pers com' g into h thgjgwgg-.fig fto'c engagement tlivari .vcntiunftiieaeeendin 1 ccme intoe-ngagemcnt*with the cutter f/ rame 'M50 nlndxhcnce the "chain conveyer Ais not. aub jected to the blcws'i or'poundingsf--between -the ascending vgri-ppcrs and the cutter'- frame v which result im :rbn'crnml'ly increasing thc breakage-nf therme und tubing .when the ...eine of'.

certain limits-. Thiedifficulty iis-overcome. .Pby the independent connection ehn lIn frl Swing' buck "in to @sliver the. y

Acomprising parallelpipes 37 fondelivering a cooling HuidV to the cooler, the adjustment bein initially made by a hand wheel 38, 4whici` may be suitablyr geared to the ad- 5 instable` framework, `1 or automatically adjustingand lowering the cooling and chilling devices to correspond to the lowering of the level'of the molten glass in the con-v tainerfZ as the glass is drawn out, a ratch eting device 39y is ymounted on a shaft 41, the

ylatter.,bring geared. to the hand wheel 38. A. connecting rod 40 connects the actuating leverof .this ,ratcheting device with the oscillating frame 32111151 as the latter is awninglr to arid fro by the crank arm'l` the ratchetingg device through theconnecting rod 40 is kcaused. to lower the-cooling devices 3G a lpredetelanined4distanceuith eaeh section ot' t can, `d`.ellos drawn lout "of the container.

rvreferredto Hthe oscillating f-ralnel is aetuated through a sprocket and chain mechanism directly from the grippersi. The controlin the )'il'esent application is effected through the connections shown which are entirely independent ofthe grippers and chain conveyerf,` and this enables'the speed ot' caneproduction to be substantially in# y creased Without increasmg the canebreak age.

eonreyer, a flanne for supporting the aforei a/ 4 i l In `,the machine' of `the application above 'lfliercioling deviees, deliveryide-vices` andl the e||l,t|iig;|le\'| :es are more specifically set said means and a severing means also car ried by the said frame and actuated bythe 'aforesaid driving means comprising a cutter veonveye'r,carrying members for gripping `dass cane or tubing and scveringrmeans comprising.,lr a spring letuated cutter member and mechanism for latcln'ng said cutter member in open position and for subsequenth7 releasing the same, said mechanism heingraetuated ilulependently ,of said conveyor;

3. The rolnbination of an endless chain eonveyer carrying grippers for engaging glass cane or tubing' and a severing means comprising a pair of cutting; jaws adapted to approa 11 each other at intervals to Strike' a hammer blow against said cane or tubing' and mechanism for opening and closing said jaws controlled iinlependently of the said conveyer.

l. The eombination -of an endless chain eouveyerf having grippers for engaging glass cane or tubing, a frame for supporting `said conveyor and severing means carried 'by said frame `ennpnlainn` a pair of cutters, one ot' which is pivotally mounted tor alternately,-approaeh and recede from the other Saidyineinhers, alapriner agaiust'which the movablemember opens', latching` means for holding said vmember in the open position, merhanisnl for periodically releasingr `said latching',r means and means. for drivingv said,

conveyor and for independently actuating the lsaid latehing and releasing ||nehanis|ns. In w|tness whereof, T have hereunto set 1ny hand this 18th day ot December, 1916.

JAMES c. SMEDLEY. 

